Planooraph co



G. P. DOHERTY.

COPY LINER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 20, 1914- RE NEWED DEC. 18,1918;

1 ,309,937 Patented July 15, 1919.

THE COLUMBIA PLANOORAPH c0., WASHINGTON, D. c.

G. P. DOHERTY.

COPY LINER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 20. 1914: RENEWED DEC. 18.1918.

Patented July 15, 1919.

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George PDoherty THE COLUMBIA PLANouRAPn c0., WASHINGTON, D. c.

TINTTED STATES PATENT QFFTCE.

GEORGE P. DOI-IERTY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

COPY-LINER.

' Application filed May 20, 1914, Serial No. 839,811.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE P. DOHERTY, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Copy-Liners,of which the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

This invention has relation to certain new and useful improvements inholders employed to give support and hold copies while being read, andincludes a traveling spacing bar which is successively advanced as thecopy is read and the object of my invention is to provide a device ofthis general character, of a simple and inexpensive nature and of acompact and durable construction, including a holding means for copywhile the traveling spacing bar shall be capable of convenient andaccurate adjustment in position upon the copy, in a manner insuring thespacing bar at all times accurately registering with the lines of thecopy, and my invention further includes an adjustable actuatingmechanism for successively advancing said spacing bar.

With these and other objects in view, the present invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter morefully described and finally pointed out in the appended claims, it beingfurther understood that changes in the specific structure shown anddescribed may be made within the scope of the claims, without departingfrom the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and inwhich like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the severalviews:

Figure 1 shows a front elevational view of a copy holder embodying myinvention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a top view;

Fig. 4 is a section on line 4, 4, of Fig. 7;

Fig. 5 is a rear View;

Fig. 6 is a section on line 6, 6, of Fig. 5;

Fig. 7 is an enlarged perspective detail of the carriage.

In my invention I provide a simply constructed, positively operatingcopy holder, enabling typewriter operators, public speakers, proofreaders, compositors and others to accurately follow copy line byline,in that I provide a traveling spacing bar which Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented July 15, 1919.

Renewed December 18, 1918. Serial No. 267,404.

is successively advanced over the copy so that the consecutive lines maybe brought into view in operating a key lever, thereby avoidingrepetition, or omission of a line in following the copy.

In carrying out the aim of my invention, I employ a suitable pallet 9,preferably made of sheet metal having the opposite extending parallelflanges a, the top flange a and the bottom flange a, shown in Fig. 5.

Secured centrally to this pallet 9 is a head 8, carrying a wing-nut 7this head having an opening through which extends the upper end of thestandard 6 which is held by means of the wing-nut 7 Secured to the rearof the pallet are two legs 5, so that the pallet is supported upon atripod.

Secured to the rear of the pallet 9 are the flanged plates 10 and 12,the plate 10 having the flange 11 which extends therefrom at rightangles and being secured to the pallet by any suitable means. The lowerplate 12 has the extending arm 14, shown in Fig. 6, to the end of whichis secured a threaded stud 15, by means of a nut 16. At its lower endthis stud 15 carries a pivot pin 17, givend of the spring22 which hasits upper end fastened to an ear 13 extending from the flanged plate 12,this construction being clearly shown in Fig. 6. The spring 22 passesthrough suitable openings Within the arm 14 and lower flange a;

Extending from the lower edge outward are the supporting ears 23 shownin Fig. 1. These ears may be employed as a support for a book or othercopy.

Passing through the key lever 18 is a suit able adjusting screw 24carrying the lock nut 25. This screw 24 limits the upward movement ofthe key lever 18, the end of this screw contacting with the under faceof the arm 14, as will be understood in referring to Fig. 6.

Passing through suitable openings within the flange 11 and arm 14, is apreferably square trip rod 26, which at its upper end has a slot 6 and apin 27 upon which is held the adjustable stop head 28. In Figs. 5 and 6,one adjustment of the stop head 28 is shown. In the position of the stophead shown, in tilting the key lever 18, the spacing bar will beadvanced twolines, While in revolubly held, and as the different edgesare brought into service the spacing bar willtravel various distances.By means of the screw. 27, the head 28 is frictionally held between thesplit end of the trip rod 26. A

.finer, adjustment, of the rod-26 isattained through the screw 24 whichlimits the upwardmovement of the rod 26. a

Suitably securedto the flange 11 and the arm 14 in parallel spacedrelation are thetwo guide rods.29, 29, these rods giving suitablesupport. and guiding the carriage A, which is used inmyinvention. Theguide bars 29 are secured below by meansof thescrews 39, and above by;means. of the screws 31,;these screws passing through suitable openingswithin the flange 11; and arm 14.-

The carriage A is providedwiththe guide ears .32 and 33 secured oneabove the other at one end; of the carriage,while at the opposite,end,I; provide two similar guide ears34 and 35, the upper. benig shown inFig. 7, and'the lower 1n.F1g.' 4. The carriage A has an outstandingcollar 5 arranged for co-.action-, with the trip rod, 26, as showninFig. 7 while extending-laterally from this collar 5 isan offset collar36., Slidably held within the ofiset collar 36 is the plunger 37. Asshown in- Fig. 4, the carriage A upon its outer face adjacent one, ofthe guidebars 29, is. provided-with an opening arranged to receive. thebrake head 38 extending from the collar 0, from which extends thereduced neck- 39,. Secured toqthe outer face. of the carriage A isaleaf; spring.40 held in place by means of the screw 41,- the stem 39passing.through .a suitable opening within the spring'40. This springserves to force-the brake head 38 into engagement with the .bar 29preventing any casual v displacement 4.5

of the carriage.

Extending fromlthe rear face ofthe carriage A, are thesuperposedpin ears42, 42, which give support to thepin 43 and-pivotally held uponthispin-43 is an L-shaped plate 4, havingv the pin sleeve m and to theangular extension of this plate 4 is pivotally secured the spacing bar45 clearly shown in Fig-. 1.

Secured'to the outer face of the. carriage A, by means of a screw, 4),is the releasing lever '46 which has a cam nosing 48in normal-contactwiththetrip rod 26. This cam nosing 48 is in normal contact with thetrip rod 26 and serves-as a stopin limiting the upward movement of thelever 46, in that it stops against the loweredge of the collar 5. Thedownward movement of thelever 46 is limited by means of this cam 48,though if desired, a stop pin.4 7 maybe provided, preventing thedropping down of the lever; 46

6 when the carriage is removed from the supporting members,

Secured-to the outer face of the carriage A. above the lever 46 and uponthe side opposite the nosing 48 is the dog 49 held in position by meansof the screw 50. This dog 49 has a nose cl, arranged to engage the edgeof the bar-26 upon the side opposite that engaged by the cam nosin 48,this construction being shown in Fig;

In order to hold the dog 49 in normalengagement with the trip rod 26 Iemploy the leaf spring n having the extending ear 6, normally. restingupon the upper edge of the dog.

The. plunger 37 is of such a length that the ends. thereof a are innormal contact with the. lever 46 and the dog 49, sothat. this spring nserves to force the dog 49 into contact-withthe trip rods 26, as well asforcing the releasing lever46 downward, insuring its. nosing 48contacting with the rod- 26.

-T-he spring at is secured by means of the havingthe operating handle61. This shaft is, provided5with reducedportions threaded'in oppositedirections these reducedporw tions carrying boxings or collars 62, 62.Pivotally held upon suitable screws passing through the flange a are theclamping arms 64 Which have their ends pivotally secured to the,threaded collars or boxings 62. In. turning the shaft 60 in onedirection, the

arms are-carried outward, while rotating the shaft in opposite dlrectionresults n the arms being clamped against the pallet.

From the foregoing it will be understood that by means of the member 28,the downwardmovement of. the trip rod 26 can be accurately regulated sothat the spacingbar will properly feed downthe copy ateach stroke of thekey lever 18. The upward movement of the member. 26 is regulated bymeans of the screw. 24, as described.

The operation ofthe devicev is as follows:

Inthe use of the devicethe carriage A is manually forced upward its fullheight. This is done in grasping the releasing lever 46 to force themembers 48and cl out of engagement withthe trip rod 26. As soon as thecarriage is stopped. by the flange 11, the lever is released. The brake38' however, prevents the carriage from slipping down and the carriagemust be actuated against the tension ofthe spring 40.

Now in depressing thekey lever 18, the

member26 is forced downward-and in its.

A downward, as the members 48 and d, are in frictional contact with themember 26. On releasing the key lever 18, however, this key lever ispromptly carried upward by means of the spring 22, and this upwardmovement of the rod 26 carries the lever 46 and the dog 49 upward, sothat they freely slide over the trip rod without disturbing the positionof the carriage which is held in place by means of the plate 38. As soonas the rod 26 stops, the members 48 and d, again lock the carriage tothe rod. In addition to the adjustment of the head. 28, the distancetraveled by the spacing bar can be accurately regulated by means of thescrew 24. In raising the releasing lever 46, the carriage can, ofcourse, be stopped at any desired point from which the downward feed canbe regulated by means of the member 28 and the screw 24.

The device is simple and inexpensive in construction, and both durableand efiicient in operation, and the copy can be instantly and accuratelysecured to the pallet, while the adjustment of the spacing bar isaffected with ease, accuracy and despatch.

Having thus described my said invention what I claim as new and desireto secure by U. S. Letters Patent is:

1. In a device of the character described, the combination with a guidebar, of a carriage slidably held upon said bar having a collar, aslidably held trip rod passing through said collar, a dog pivotallysecured to said carriage in normal contact with said rod, a spring inengagement With said dog, a lever pivotally secured to said carriagehaving a cam to engage said trip rod, and a plunger in contact with saiddog and lever.

2. In a device of the character described,

- the combination with a guide bar, of a carriage slidably held uponsaid bar having a collar, a slidably held trip rod passing through saidcollar, a dog pivotally secured to said carriage in normal contact withsaid rod, a spring in engagement with said dog, a lever pivotallysecured to said carriage having a cam to engage said trip rod, a plungerin contact with said dog and lever, and means to limit the upwardmovement of said lever.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination with a guidebar, of a carriage slidably held upon said bar having a collar, aslidably held trip rod passing through said collar, a dog pivotallysecured to said carriage in normal contact with said rod, means to holdsaid dog in engagement with said rod, a lever pivotally secured to saidcarriage having a cam to engage said trip rod, a plunger in contact withsaid dog and lever, means to limit the downward movement of said triprod, and means to limit the upward movement of said trip rod.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

GEORGE P. DOHERTY.

Witnesses:

W. J. ONELLL, M. F. MCCARTHY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

